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MLA urges affordable transit ANY PLAN to increase transit services connecting northwestern communities must ensure it is affordable for users, says Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin. “That’s really No. 1,” said Austin in commenting on the provincial government’s commitment made last year to spend $3 million over the next three years to better connect communities
along Hwy16. Of that amount, up to $1.6 million is to be spent over two years to either increase service on existing routes or on new ones. That could mean, for example, more service along an existing BC Transit route connecting Kitamaat Village/Kitimat with Terrace or on new routes connecting Terrace with points east.
The key to success, however, is ensuring there’s a level of subsidy that makes expanded or new services affordable, said Austin. And that would follow along what already exists on the Lower Mainland and in other more populated areas, he said. “Just because there’s a low population here doesn’t mean people are entitled
to the same rights as elsewhere,” said Austin. That $1.6 million for more transit represents twothirds of the operating costs of the increased service and 100 per cent of the capital costs of buses. Overall, Austin was relatively satisfied with the broad provincial plan which includes establishing community transportation ser-
vices and driver education programs in smaller First Nations communities, more webcams on highways and transit shelters and broadening the use of existing services such as the Northern Health Authority’s medical bus service to other passenger classifications. “This is going in the right direction but it’s something communities have been
asking for since 2006,” he noted. The call for better transportation connections along Hwy16 began growing in response to the number of missing and murdered women along the route and the need to provide alternatives to high risk activities such as hitchhiking.
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City aims for zero tax hike By JOSH MASSEY THE CITY is aiming to leverage tax money from new construction to put forward a zero per cent tax hike for the second year in a row despite overall assessment values in the city dropping. After their first budget meeting held a week before Christmas, mayor Carol Leclerc says that the city’s finances looked like they could allow for another zero increase year. “At that time, it didn’t look like we needed to raise taxes and we are hoping that we don’t have to. But it’s only our first meeting,” she said. The zero tax increase is contained within city deliberations after approving a provisional budget as it works toward a final document this spring. Leclerc points to aspects of the city budget where costs are rising laid against the challenge of keeping taxes down. One new spending item would see an additional RCMP officer assigned to the detachment as part of the city-financed complement. “We want to bump up the RCMP a little bit because we should be at 25 but we have been at 24 [members] just to bring us up to where we need to be. We have always shaved that off when we’ve been tight on dollars,” said Leclerc. This additional RCMP officer would join the force halfway through this year. Like last year, those whose properties experienced an average rise in assessed value will not see any increase in tax, but those whose houses came in over the assessed average or under will see a rise or fall in the amount of property tax they must pay. The city’s provisional budget has money for new projects including a redesigned city website, a new sanitization system in the whirlpool at the aquatic centre and conducting a feasibility study leading to an anti-train whistling bylaw at the Frank St. rail crossing.
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■■ Carving corners THAYNA HEALEY carves down the snowy slope of the Bunny Hill at the Mini Rippers races on Shames Mountain on Jan. 3-4. The races drew 53 young skiers and two snowboarders and is the first in a series of Mini Rippers races to be held this winter. See page 22 for results of the races and information on the holidays at Shames Mountain.
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CITY COUNCIL wants to do more to stop the dangerous practice of people either crossing or otherwise congregating on CN’s tracks within the city.
Trespasssers, loiterers a hazard at the CN yard THE CITY wants to work with CN Rail to keep people off the train tracks before someone gets killed. The effort was prompted by a late November 2015 incident in which a container train was delayed for 45 minutes when several people wouldn’t get off the tracks. It happened east of George Little House after the recent unveiling of the hydraulic lift to help those with mobility issues get on the VIA Rail train. City councillors Brian Downie and Lynne Christiansen were at the unveiling and provided detail at a subsequent council meeting. East of George Little House by J&F Distributing was a group of people, probably intoxicated judging by their behaviour, impeding the train by being on the tracks and not moving until police arrived, said Downie during discussion at the council meeting. He said police have confirmed they get regular calls to go down and get people off the tracks, said Downie.
“It’s totally ridiculous,” said Downie. “It’s unacceptable, particularly if someone is on the tracks taunting the train.” He said CN Police do enforce no trespassing regulations but aren’t in the Terrace area all of the time. Downie said that council should get in touch with CN to talk about getting the railway company to put up a fence. “It seems like we’re going to have an accident and somebody is going to get hit,” he said. Fencing should be put down all the way to J&F, he added. Downie made a motion to write CN and ask it to meet with the city to find solutions on the issue of people trespassing on the railway tracks. Councillor Lynne Christiansen seconded the motion. Councillor Stacey Tyers said she supported the motion as long as the city was not a financing partner in putting up any fences, it, saying it was CN’s job and financial responsibility to protect the tracks and keep the trains
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Affordable transit urged In terms of specifics, Austin did wonder about the $500,000 to be spent on more highway webcams and transit shelters. “If you’re going to have a shelter, then you better have a bus coming by,” he said. As for webcams, transportation ministry officials say using new technology will increase the frequency of each webcam to take still photos of vehicles and that police forces will be able to use the images as part of any ongoing investigation. Currently, webcams take photos every 15 minutes. Webcams will also be installed at common places where hitchhikers congregate. Austin was emphatic that the Nisga’a of the Nass Valley must be included in any expansion of community transportation services. They were excluded from a key November 2015 provinciallysponsored session held in Smithers to go over
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Poet to read
A FORMER poet laureate of Victoria and writer-in-residence for the University of Northern British Columbia is in town this week to give readings and to conduct a writing workshop. Janet Rogers says the role of any artist in society is to “witness and report in creative ways” on the world, and to not be limited by ideas of the right and wrong way to approach art. “That was a fun three-year gig, to be an ambassador for a whole city for poetry,” Rogers says of being Victoria’s poet laureate. One interesting theme she explores is First Nations sensuality, an aspect of life she says has been challenged by the oppression and social issues of the past. Rogers reads at 1 p.m. today at UNBC and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Terrace Public Library. A workshop is planned for before the Jan. 14 reading, and those interested can sign up in advance at the library.
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that the Nisga’a villages in the Nass already have community buses which do provided limited service to Terrace. “They already have the physical buses so what they would need is extra money for operating expenses to maintain the buses and for the cost of driving,” he said. But just as is the case with transit expansion, community-based service will have to be cost-shared as well. It means the province will pay for 70 per cent
of any new vehicle to a maximum of $70,000 and 70 per cent of the operating costs of any service to a maximum of $20,000 per year for the next three years. A 10-person advisory group meant to guide the province along in deciding who should get money and what services should be established meets for the first time this month in Prince George. It is mostly made up of northern residents but its chair is a senior transportation ministry official.
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Students must be registered at their catchment area school. Cross Boundary/Out-of-Catchment Applications: After registering at your catchment area school, applications must be received at your school of choice by February 15, 2016 for the 2016-2017 school year. New In-Catchment Registrations: Registrations will be received up to March 7, 2016 for new students including Kindergarten. Applications received after this date will have to wait until school staffing is complete before receiving status of school enrolment. Wait-listed students who are in catchment area may be moved as soon as space is available. Confirmation of Cross Boundary Applications: By the first Friday following school opening, September 9, 2016, or as soon as possible following this date, pending staffing allocations and school configurations. Unsuccessful applicants may be held on a waiting list for the subsequent school year. Notification of In-Catchment: Wait-listed in-catchment area students will be notified of their status for the school year as soon as possible or by the first Friday following school opening.
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THE CITY could very well contemplate a bylaw to halt train whistling blowing at the Frank St. level CN crossing and is going to finance a feasibility study on the issue.
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Train whistle ban possible as city prepares budget plan This and many more budget items, such as putting in a new carpet at the public gallery, are listed, however being provisional, some items can get axed or others added before the final budget comes out in the spring. The city won’t know what the final tax rate is until that time either, when the final assessment numbers are released by BC Assessment pending all adjustments. The actual predicted revenue shows a modest increase from last year with $21,110,206 for 2016 compared to $20,770,372 last year, though some of that comes from reserves. The amount of money the city will take in from property tax is dropping slightly with $12,060,000 in 2016, down from $12,120,730 last year, however it is still up from previous years. Leclerc says the tax rate freeze is possible because
again last year the city saw more houses built, the second big building year in a row. “You get more money because you’ve got more houses,” said Leclerc of how the city gains from new construction. Meanwhile, the amount the city plans on spending, its total expenditures, is dropping slightly, going down by $1 million compared to last year—from $22,408,995 last year to $21,446,732 this year. The projected surplus has also dropped. Budget information provided by the city indicates it pays 70 per cent of the actual cost of an average RCMP officer’s salary and related expenses which works out to $118,000. Money has also been included to study whether it would be advisable to ask CN to stop blasting its horn when passing the Frank St.
crossing. Now that there is a new crossing installed in 2014, the need for signaling an approach, which is loud, might not be needed. A bylaw could be put in place to ban such tooting of the horn, and thus lower the noise level for nearby residents and pedestrians. “The issue of the sound of the train horns sounding at level crossings has been raised by residents and previous councils,” said city official Alisa Thompson. “Now that there are lights at the level crossing at Frank St. we want to investigate the feasibility of having an anti-whistling bylaw. This is regulated by Transport Canada and CN has to be involved in the process.” To this end, the city has put aside $15,000 for such a study. Following this, an engineering study will also have to be done, if the bylaw is deemed feasible.
Other budget items include the resurfacing of the tennis courts on Halliwell Ave. and building a new trail behind the Kitsumgallum Pioneer Cemetery located at the top of Kalum Lake Drive/Hwy113. “Money has been set aside to cut out a trail in this area. An old trail exists but it has eroded away and ends at the bottom of the hill,” said city recreation services official Carmen Didier. “The new plan follows the old trail and then loops back up to Kalum Lake Road. Plans have not been determined on this project. A new filtration system is also being installed in the whirlpool at the aquatic centre to reduce the amount of chlorine needed for disinfectant. It will use ultraviolet rays and such systems are common in other pools and bathers notice water quality improvements, said Didier.
THE NUMBER of homes sold in the area dropped last year compared to 2014 but average prices increased, says a report from the BC Northern Real Estate Board. According to the report, the average selling price of a total of 153 homes sold in Terrace in 2015 was
$308,436. This is slightly up from 2014, when 177 homes sold at an average price of $302,046. In 2013, 219 homes sold at an average price of $251,477. Taken at a median value, of the 153 single family
homes sold in 2015 in Terrace, half sold for less than $307,000. The overall value of Terrace property sales decreased compared to last year, however: in terms of all the land, manufactured and other homes that sold in 2015 which totaled 271
properties changing hands, they were collectively worth $70 million, compared with 2014’s 351 total properties worth $87.3 million. Meanwhile, Kitimat saw a drop in average selling price, from $318,046 (78 homes sold) in 2014 to $298,624 (82 sold) in 2015.
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AVERAGE HOUSE values here have dropped by two per cent, indicates information released by the BC Assessment Authority as it sent out thousands of assessment notices this month. The drop – in dollar terms the average house assessment is now $309,000 compared to $316,000 last year – is in contrast to last year when assessments rose by averages in excess of 30 per cent, driven by the winds of an anticipated liquefied natural gas (LNG) bonanza in the region that has yet to emerge. That increase in 2015 was based on a July 1, 2014 value snapshot taken by the assessment authority at the height of LNG expectations while this year’s value snapshot of July 1, 2015 was at a time when expectations were starting to dampen. “Everybody was talking about LNG, everybody was just excited. And everything went crazy. Prices went up to where they shouldn’t have been,” says Terrace Real Estate agency broker and owner Shannon McAllister of the housing price rise. She said it peaked between mid-2013 and summer 2014. Still, McAllister said the new assessments reflect the fact that 2015 continued to be a decent year for real estate sales. Totals released by the BC Northern Real Estate Board show that 153 single family homes sold last year compared to 177 in 2014 through the Multiple Listing Service. The BC Assessment Office looked at 2,762 single family dwellings just in Terrace and 2,750 the year before, showing 12 new homes were assessed. McAllister did caution that assessments are used by local governments to determine tax rates rather than the real estate value of a home. “Assessments are not market value, there are sort of producing the values based on values of sales around July 2015, so with now the market hitting spring, what is going to happen in the next few months really has no reflection on what happened in the spring of last year,” she said. When buying or selling it is best to go on the appraised value, she added. And if you think that BC Assessment valued your home too low, this might be a good thing because it means less taxation than what would otherwise have been the case. Last year, Kitimat and Terrace were ranked one and two overall in assessed value increase in the province, but this year Kitimat’s average home value also dropped—12 per cent on average from $331,000 to $291,000. Two north coast municipalities on the other hand, Prince Rupert and Stewart, both saw rises in their average home value. Prince Rupert experienced a jump, possibly owing to ongoing port expansion with an 11 per cent jump from $223,000 to $251,000 average assessed value for single family dwellings. That followed an increase of 18 per cent the year before. Stewart, where a large commercial dock facility opened this summer, saw a jump from $86,000 to $97,000 – a 13 per cent increase. BC Assessment also released a list of the most valuable residential properties in the province. Five residences in the area made it into the top 100 and all are located out at Lakelse Lake with the top one worth $1,354,000 for 33rd on the list. Broken down by neighbourhood, in the Bench area of Terrace the average value of a home was determined to be $387,000; in the Horseshoe the average value was $283,000; in the Southside $262,000. In the core of Thornhill the average assessed value was $240,000 and on the Bench of Thornhill it was $302,000. Major industrial property saw a rise of 26.9 per cent with the total value for this assessment coming in at $8,737,000 compared to $6,886,900 for 2014. Light industrial saw an increase in 43.9 per cent, up to $13,087,400 compared to $9,097,700 the year before. The total value for businesses increased 8.4 per cent, from $386,161,501 in 2015 to $418,678,900 this year, a change in value of over $32 million.
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$1,400 LOCAL residents would do well to contemplate the provincial government’s plan to replace the Massey Tunnel on the Lower Mainland. At an estimated cost of $3.5 billion, the plan to span the Fraser River with a 10-lane bridge stands to be the most ambitious single public sector project in the province’s history. More startling is that this works out to $1,400 for each of the 2.5 million people living on the Lower Mainland. And this is where locals should take notice because it raises the issue of equality of public spending for the overall public good. This is not to argue that a Massey Tunnel replacement isn’t needed. But there is an argument to be made that if the provincial government wants to spend $1,400 for each Lower Mainland resident, it should rightly do the same up here for transportation infrastructure. Consider that there are approximately 15,000 people living in Terrace and area. Multiply that by $1,400 and the total is $21 million. What could that do to pay for a proper walking and cycling trail to connect Thornhill with Terrace across the old bridge or even the new ones? How many metres of sidewalk within both communities might be built? Or, dare we suggest, could this be spent on a second overpass? All this might sound naive to some, but it shouldn’t stop local elected officials from making a firm point about equal treatment.
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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI we scarcely knew what each was doing beyond a Christmas letter. Since emailing became available, we frequently exchange short notes, or trade snippets of newspaper articles with a cogent comment. Some siblings pick up on the article and expound on their thoughts. That works well for staying up-to-date, except for one brother noted in our family for his brief answers. The composer of pillow warning labels could have learned a thing or two about brevity from him. If I ask him a question I must make it open-ended
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The Mail Bag Is it a coin toss as to certainty that God exists?
Better policies needed
Dear Sir: Just recently I listened to a retired veterinarian speak about the situation here last year when a little dog was abandoned in Terrace. The veterinarian explained that the dog’s owner more than likely could not afford the fee to euthanize his pet, meaning the owner had to resort to an unfortunate act. I also have been in a similar situation where a pet of mine needed to be put down. My old lab was having difficulty walking, was beginning to have seizures and was losing her ability to hold fluids. I’ve had this dog for going on 15 years. She was part of the family and my best friend. I approached all three of the local veterinarians about having my dog euthanized and was extremely disappointed with their reactions as to how it would be done. None of the responses were satisfactory.
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And when the time finally came for my dog to be euthanized, one told me that they were backed up and I would have to wait a week. In the meantime my dog was having multiple seizures, three in one day. So one morning I
lifted up my dog and put her into the van, drove out into the bush and shot her. I’ve hunted over 40 years and this was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. Now I am not saying all veterinarians are evil, but I do think the veterinary profession
needs to set in place procedures and policies so that when a pet needs to be euthanized it can be done quickly, compassionately and without needless fees and prolonged waiting. David Miller, Terrace, B.C.
Dear Sir: When you look at Environment Canada’s weather forecast it will give you the atmospheric pressure in units of kPa (kilo Pascal). What does this have to do with the question of God’s existence? This physical unit of pressure was named in honor of the Physicist/Mathematician/Inventor Blaise Pascal (1623-1662). He obviously was a very intelligent individual and part of his work dealt with the Mathematics of probability. Pascal was also a Christian Apologetic. By the way to apologize originally does not mean “I am sorry,” but rather to defend. Pascal formed a very thoughtful and practical argument for faith: The Pascal’s Wager. In simple words it goes as follows: Either God exists or he does
not. It is black or white or like a coin toss, heads or tails. So what if the atheist is right? Both the atheist and the theist die and the game is over, no difference between them. What if the theist is right? The atheist with all likelihood will not go to heaven and hopefully the theist who lived out his faith will go to eternal life. What is the disadvantage for the atheist? It is obvious, he might go to hell. We don’t really know what hell is but it does not seem to be a pleasant destination. Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc. in his short earthly life), whereas
they stand to receive infinite gains (eternity in heaven) and avoid infinite losses (eternity in hell). Of course in our time and place there are far more agnostics (people who don’t care about the issue) than solid, self-convinced atheists. Where do the agnostics fit into the wager? As far as I know, Pascal did not say much about them. But common sense tells me that as a thinking member of our species aptly named Homo sapiens (wise human) one should not ignore such a question. It is like the ignorance of the infamous ostrich who sticks his head in the sand when facing danger. One thing is sure, some might get away with not paying taxes but no one has escaped death.
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Closed meeting reasoning falls short
he Terrace Standard editorial of December 16, 2015) was critical of city council’s decision to discuss its decision to strike a friendship agreement with the Qinhuangdao, China local government, behind closed doors. I agreed with the editorial and was particularly disturbed by the explanations given by a council member to readers commenting on the editorial on the newspaper’s web page. In response to one reader’s question asking “What are they hiding!!” the councillor explained “that council does not decide what is or isn’t public, those decisions are made by staff based on the [Community] charter.” This explanation is as disturbing as the closed meeting itself. The guiding principle for council meetings is that they “must be open to the public, except as provided in this Division” [sec. 89(1)]. The Charter lists five subjects where “a council meeting must be closed to the public” [sec. 90(2)]. A friendly exchange
agreement with a foreign municipality does not fall within the range of these five subjects. The Charter specifies fifteen subjects for which council may, at its discretion, close a meeting to the public [sec. 90(1)]. The decision to make use of that power and close a council meeting to the public is not made by staff; it can only be made by council. The procedure is standard for municipal councils throughout the province. An example is found in Terrace Council Minutes of Nov. 9/15, resolution #428: “MOVED/SECONDED to move In-Camera and close the meeting to the public pursuant to Division 3, Sections 90(1) (a) & (k) of the Community Charter (to discuss matters relating to personnel and negotiations for Municipal services). Carried Unanimously.” This resolution identifies the Community Charter sections which allow council to exclude the public from the meeting, and it describes the nature of the subjects to be considered. The In-
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ANDRE CARREL Camera resolution is worded in that manner because the Community Charter’s guiding principle declares that council is “democratically elected, autonomous, responsible, and accountable” [sec. 1(1)(a)]. Two councillors (mover and seconder) proposed, in an open meeting and for the record, that council exercise its option to meet behind closed doors as authorized by the Charter “to
discuss matters relating to personnel and negotiations for Municipal services.” Council adopted the motion by unanimous vote and proceeded accordingly. Staff recorded the proceedings. After council has dealt with a matter In-Camera, the decision is reported to an open meeting. An example of that step is found in Terrace Council Minutes of Dec. 14/15, resolution #485: “MOVED/SECONDED that the December 9, 2015, In-Camera Finance, Personnel and Administration Component of the Committee of the Whole Report be adopted with the following recommendation....” Then they present the recommendation in detail. There is nothing apparent in the Qinhuangdao friendship agreement requiring an in camera meeting. The minutes of council’s November 30, 2015 meeting did include this sentence: “Mayor Leclerc reported on the signing of the Friendly Exchange Agreement with Qinhuangdao, China.”
A review of Terrace Council meeting minutes makes it abundantly clear that everyone at City Hall, council and staff, knows how to conduct and record closed meetings and the decisions arising from such meetings. The councillor’s initial response to a Terrace Standard reader’s comment (that council does not decide what is or isn’t public) is nonsense. As if that was not enough yet, this councillor proceeded to further muddy the waters with a response to a second reader’s comment, expanding on his initial flummery with a reference to Charter “section 90(n)” (sic) which bears no relevance to the issue raised in the editorial or the two readers’ comments. The Qinhuangdao meeting where the friendly exchange agreement was signed was a social gathering, amounting to little more than a public relations puff. Why pretend otherwise? Why mislead citizens? Retired public sector administrator Andre Carrel lives in Terrace, B.C.
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School board ponders liquor From Page A7 sales policy God’s existence is a 50-50 deal
The Mail Bag
Dear Sir: Dr. John Krisinger’s Dec. 23, 2015 letter to the editor asserts the existence of a God through authorities capable enough, but they all work from an unsustainable paradigm. Without physical evidence, all phenomena remain hypothetical. For example, love is hypothetical and more emotional than another, justice. Inferences, they lack innate description and have only our definition. God is such: our conception, even if our most profound. Such metaphysical conceptions complement the physical to create reality. In either case, we invent, by our mind and by our senses. To help conceive of how we made God, see the recent paradigm-shifting book by French Biblical scholar Dr. Thomas Romer, “The Invention of God” (2014; English trans. 2015). How we justify the invention determines our ethics. To insist that we did not make God, and that we continue that making, evokes the mission to the pagans. By the way, the headline on my letter to which Dr. Krisinger refers in his response was invented by the editor. Dr. David Heinimann, Terrace, B.C.
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Unless self-inflicted or accidental most of us will die quite unhealthily. That may sound like a weird statement but again it is true that healthy people don’t just die. So believing in a pleasant eternal afterlife is a comforting principle when dealing with declining health and facing death – if it is true. And there we have another reason to investigate the 50/50 issue of make-believe or truth. That does not sound very uplifting for the new year, but it is the truth and something to think about. I bet (pun intended) that many people would agree. That fact alone might prompt an interest to investigate the issue a little bit more. Happy New Year and health to all. John Krisinger, Terrace, B.C.
THE COAST Mountains School District is moving toward a policy shift to allow alcohol sales at public events held at the REM Lee Theatre in Terrace and at the Mount Elizabeth Theatre which is located in Kitimat. The move was initiated by the theatre coordinators at both facilities to accommodate various user group requests, and went through the first reading by school trustees at their December 2015 meeting. If approved, the change “enables us to rent our theatres to organizations who wish to serve alcoholic beverages during intermissions,” said secretary treasurer Alanna Cameron. The policy would be in place for all adult-sanctioned events, not school district events, and would result in additional outside revenues for the school district, she said. The amended policy proposal is being circulated to the groups that the school district works with for their responses. Those responses will then be reviewed and returned to the trustees for discussion, final reading and then a vote to adopt or not. Cameron said a policy permitting alcohol sales could take hold as early as March of this year. The board has given approval to some events to serve alcohol in the past on a case-by-case basis, Cameron says, but if the amendment goes ahead, they will no longer need to give that approval each time. Board approval is needed now because prior to Dec. 2013, theatres were included in board’s policy on community use of facilities and grounds, which said no alcohol could be used on any school site.
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Foundation seeks grant submissions WITH $9,400 provided to five community groups in its first round of distributions earlier this year, the Terrace Community Foundation is taking applications for a second round. Formed by the City of Terrace in 2011 as a way to support local projects, the foundation uses interest earned from its capital base for that purpose. It has taken several years for the foundation to earn enough money from its capital base to begin regular distributions and drew on the support of the Minerals North conference here in 2013 for the initial distribution, says foundation chair Joyce Gib-
son. “Minerals North 2013 offered us Trevor Linden when he came for the conference and he agreed to stay an extra day so we had an event [at the REM Lee Theatre] and sold tickets and did really well,” Gibson explained. “And the speakers at Minerals North all agreed to donate their honorariums to the foundation as well.” To date the foundation has a capital base of nearly $377,000 with $50,000 of that coming as seed money from the City of Terrace which was matched by the Northern Development Initiative Trust. Other donors include
BC Hydro, Chances Terrace, the city-owned Terrace Community Forest, and LNG Canada, which is one of two liquefied natural gas projects planned for Kitimat and TransCanada Pipeline, which would build the pipeline to feed LNG Canada. The foundation’s capital base was significantly boosted in the spring when it received $10,000 from Shell, a major partner in LNG Canada, and an additional $60,000 from LNG Canada itself. “That was quite a surprise. We had invited them to attend our first distribution. They not only came but they then made the announce-
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Joyce Gibson ments,” said Gibson. For now the community foundation’s assets are handled and invested through an agreement with the Prince George Foundation which also handles the assets of six
from businesses or people who have a specific purpose in mind which we will distribute right away,” said Gibson. As an example of the former, Gibson gave monies raised by a group some years ago who wanted to purchase a rubberized track at Skeena Middle School. The money will gain interest over the years until it reaches the goal, Gibson added. The foundation will help finance the purchase of assets but does not provide grants for salaries, travel, training and the like. The five groups receiving money in the first distribution round were:
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CITY COUNCIL has agreed to the River Kings request for financial support to offset the cost of ice rental for the provincial senior men’s AA Coy Cup championships which the hockey team is hosting at the end of March. Club representative Ross Smith told council the last time the city hosted the Coy Cup was 2009 when Terrace was Hockeyville. The River Kings finished in second place last spring in Fort Nel-
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Local lawyer receives top designation A TERRACE legal aid lawyer has been appointed the honourary title of Queen’s Counsel (QC). Judith Irene Frances Kenacan is one of 39 lawyers to receive the designation announced by BC minister of justice and BC attorney general Suzanne Anton in late December. The honour of a QC designation is conferred each year on members of the legal profession to recognize exceptional merit and contribution. Kenacan joined the Legal Services Society in 1987 and has provided publicly-financed legal services in Burns Lake, Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert, Kelowna and Terrace, where she has been managing lawyer at the regional office since 2002, said the government in a release. Kenacan takes on cases that are complicated and involve voluminous disclosure, experts and reports, continued the release. She is committed to mentoring lawyers in
the communities where she practices, it continued. The call for QC nominations was made in October 2015. An
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were made by cabinet through order-in-council. Successful candidates have been members of the B.C. bar for at least five years and
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Sent to prison A MAN who pleaded guilty to lesser charges than he was initially charged with will spend four months in jail. Edward Joseph Flett was sentenced to 210 days in jail after pleading guilty to one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking in 2015 but he was left with a 129 day jail sentence after he was granted credit for time served of 81 days. He also pleaded guilty to another count of possession for the purpose of trafficking from 2014 and was sentenced to 90 days to run concurrently. The initial charges for both had been trafficking. On the Terrace RCMP daily press release for July 23, 2014, it was reported that a 39-year-old man was arrested for possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine. Flett was ordered to pay $200 in victim fine surcharges, not to possess firearms for 10 years, and must give a DNA sample to police.
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New Year’s baby gets Star Wars moniker THE FORCE will certainly be with Terrace’s New Year’s baby thanks to an inventive name. Jedi Phillip Angelo was born at 8:26 p.m. Jan. 2, weighing 8 lbs 14 oz to parents Phyllis Wells and Justin Squires. He has two older brothers, whose names also begin with the letter “J”. “I was originally going to go with Luke but his dad really liked the J names,” said Phyllis. “His (dad’s) brothers all have J names and our two boys have J names. We wanted something unique that no one else had.” She added that her dad is also a huge Star Wars fan. Jedi’s middle names are after other relatives: Phillip is after his greatgrandmother Phyllis, same as his mom, and Angelo is after Jedi’s older sister Angelina, who passed away. Jedi was expected to be born Jan. 16. In the province, the first baby of the new year was a boy in Surrey Jan. 1 at 12:15 a.m. The first baby born in the north was a girl in Prince George at Jan. 1 at 1:25 a.m. For those who aren’t familiar with the Star Wars movies, “jedi” is a term used for the men fighting against the evil empire who wants to take over and rule. Luke is the main protagonist.
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Tax helpers A dozen people plunge into 2016 needed VOLUNTEER TERRACE is looking for tax preparers to help people on modest incomes or fixed incomes do their taxes. The number of tax preparers has dwindled down to one person, who can’t do it alone, says Volunteer Terrace interim executive director Tracey Davidson. And the number of people who go to the Happy Gang to get their taxes done for free has grown. “We hate to see the program go away completely,” said Davidson. “If we even had two more tax preparers, that would be ideal.” The program is Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) Community Volunteer Income Tax Program which helps people with modest-incomes or on fixed incomes whose financial situation is unchanged year to year. Individuals who choose to be a tax preparer must work with their local community organization and have a basic understanding of income tax. Tax preparation is done in March and April but volunteers have to register on the CRA website first and then come for free training, which starts this week. Anyone who is interested can call Volunteer Terrace and ask to talk to someone about being a tax preparer at 250-638-1330.
A GOOD-SIZED group of diehards braved the freezing temperatures to take their turn at a plunge in Lakelse Lake at the 25th Kinsmen Kermodei Bear Swim. “I think we had about a dozen brave souls,” said kinsman Bryan Crampton. “The weather was amazing; cold but clear and no wind. Could not have asked for more.” That included Craig Dunfield, who was raising money for the Terrace Northmen Rugby team, and who took a stuffed RBC mascot named Arbie into the water with him. Dunfield, who works at RBC, wore his rugby uniform. The event also raised money for other local groups: Caledonia Basketball and Scouting and Ventures. The fundraiser was open to anyone who wanted to raise $50 in pledges. The jump took place at the Kin Kamp and included Terrace Search and Rescue members who were in the lake themselves making sure everyone who jumped in could get out safely and be on hand in case of any medical issues. The kinsmen also drew their Third Annual Travelers Choice Raffle for a chance to win $10,000 in credit at either of the two travel agents: Elan or Uniglobe. C. Bohn of Terrace won.
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alf the year dark, half the year light with the solstices of winter and summer. Half my life in the centre of Canada (well, 96 degrees 68 minutes, when the real east-west centre is just up the TransCanada Highway, at 96 degrees, 38 minutes and 45 seconds) and half my life near the sea, northcoast Terrace or east coast Halifax. The rain that falls to the west of the Rockies rushes into the Pacific, the rain to the east meanders its way to the Atlantic. My first 28 years, living in Manitoba, time ticked by so slowly. In kindergarten, I couldn’t wait the 10 minutes of “quiet time” and blurted to Carol that the bug she was asking about was called a mosquito. And winters were long, but so were summers, and Christmas almost never came, or my birthday. In Grade 2, it took forever for the school day to be done, especially if there was a birthday party scheduled for after four, or even better, a Tom Thumb wedding. Darlene and Curtis, both of whom had one blue eye and one brown eye, were mock-married and there was cake with coins in foil in it. I got a nickel. Grade 5 was the longest year. My best friend since Grade 3, Celia, started hanging out with Kathy and Bev, and they all wanted to have boyfriends, which was so e-yew. So I hung out with Sharon instead, and we read comic books. In junior high, I was embarrassed. I would turn beet-red at the smallest incident and feel the burn climb up my neck and into my face, to stay there for hours. I was embarrassed by any com-
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My Continental Divide ment about my appearance, positive or negative. I was embarrassed if a teacher called on me in the classroom or spoke to me in the hallway. I was embarrassed about my parents’ very existence. I couldn’t wait to get to high school then I couldn’t wait to get to university then I couldn’t wait to get out. It all took a very long time. It took ages to find an apartment, then a new roommate, then a job, then a better job, but still the working days dragged until closing time. After 28 years not married to Dave, it is now 28 years married to Dave. We lived in a rented condo in Gimli, Manitoba for a few months, or maybe a few minutes. Things sped up considerably. I worked at the Terrace Review very quickly until it closed. An instant before that, I worked briskly at the
Atlantic magazine in Halifax until it closed. (Want to close down a venerable publication in a hurry? Hire Char now!) We bought a little house in deepest darkest Horseshoe, and when we had to get the washing machine repaired, we were appalled. “Why, that’s brand new!” we exclaimed, not taking the time to note its 15 years of constant, reassuring chug-a-chug, chug-a chug. The long drive east then west on the Yellowhead to visit family with the kidling many years ago many times is a small blip in time, except for playing “I Spy” between anywhere and Prince George in the winter. “Something the colour grey.” A rock? No. A tree? No. The sky? Yes! Your turn mom! That 100-km stretch takes one week. When the kid was three months old, he had colic for 10 years, then five minutes later I looked up to him to say, “Put on a jacket, it’s cold out,” and he looked down to me to say, in a deep voice, “No.” And he somehow turned 21 this month when it was the same clear cold sunny day he was born. Then a short gig at the Women’s Centre and the college and a few other places and I’m astonished I have accumulated over 20 years local work experience even though I am new here. Now, I’m 56 Up, like the British documentary series following the same group of children every seven years. Reviews of this latest instalment conclude the kids are “surprisingly” upbeat, having grown wiser, and they are pleased with the way things are turning out. Here’s looking forward to another solstice.
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Fax your event to make the Scene at 250-638-8432. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday.
Clubs/pubs
■■ THORNHILL PUB: KARAOKE Thurs. 8 p.m. All day free pool Wed. and Sun. Texas hold ‘em poker Tues. 6 p.m. and Sun. 5 p.m. Showing all UFC events. Jam sessions Sat. 8 p.m. Shuttle service provided. ■■ LEGION BRANCH 13: Meat draws every Sat. – first draw at 4 p.m. Steak Night is the first Fri. of each month. ■■ GEORGE’S PUB: POOL tourney every Sun. starting 6 p.m. Poker Sun. 1 p.m., Wed. 7 p.m. Thurs. game night, DJ and open to 2 a.m. On Fri./Sat. is live entertainment. Karaoke Thurs./Sun. 8:30 p.m. Shuttle weekends. ■■ MT. LAYTON LOUNGE: Open daily 2 p.m.-10 p.m. Free pool. Located at Mt. Layton Hotsprings just off Hwy37 South between Terrace and Kitimat.
Art
■■ THE TERRACE ART is proud to showcase its gallery gift shop artists for the month of January. The art gallery is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays noon to 4 p.m., Fridays noon to 6 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. It is located in the basement of the public library. ■■ ARTNEST MESSY MONDAY workshops are back: The next 10-week session has begun with artist and instruc-
tor Cara Purita: preschool (1:30-2:30 p.m.; ages five to seven at 3:15-4:15 p.m.; ages eight to 10 at 4:45-5:45 p.m. Or join Cara for Teen and Adult Acrylic Lessons for Beginners at 6:45-7:45 p.m. There is a cost for kids’ sessions and adult/teen’ sessions. Note: no class Feb. 15 which is Family Day. ■■ RUMMAGE SALE AT the art gallery from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 22 and 23. Come down to drop off your unused items. Anything in good order is welcome except clothing. All items purchased by donation. All proceeds to gallery operations.
Music
at Terrace Sportsplex, Neid Enterprises and from the U16 Terrace Rage Team. Proceeds support Northwest Club Volleyball. peterNchris.com. ■■ IAN BAGG AND special guests Matthew Fulchiron, Chad Daniels and Francisco Ramos perform at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at the REM Lee Theatre. All funds raised help people dealing with serious illness to provide medical travel, medical equipment or supplies and medical therapy. All funds raised stay within Terrace and area. Tickets on sale at Misty River Books. For more details, contact Donna 250-6413044 or give@kimmunityangelssociety. ca.
Hockey
■■ THE TERRACE CONCERT Society kicks off the new year with Northwest Spotlight featuring Rachelle van Zanten and Dr. Fishy at 8 p.m. Jan. 16 at the REM Lee Theatre. Tickets on sale at George Little House.
■■ THE TERRACE RIVER Kings head to Kitimat Jan. 16 to face off against the Kitimat Ice Demons. Take a group to cheer them on.
Comedy
Reading
■■ JOIN THREE-TIME CANADIAN comedy award winners, Peter ‘n’ Chris as they perform this ‘extremely funny’ CBC comedy sketch show The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at the REM Lee. These extremely inventive physical comedy duo leaves no funny bone untickled in this fast paced spoof to the horror genre. Tickets on sale
■■ UNBC NORTHWEST PUBLIC Presentation is “Some New Work (Especially Poetry)” with presenter Janet Rogers, UNBC Writer-in-Residence from noon to 1 p.m. Jan. 13 at the UNBC campus. Free. For more details, contact Alma 250-615-5578 or alma.avila@unbc.ca. Rogers will also read at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the library.
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club A notice to the membership of the Skeena Valley Golf & Country Club, an Annual General Meeting will take place
Saturday, January 23, 2015 7 pm at the Clubhouse 8 pm Appetizers after AGM The purpose of the meeting is the 1. Election Of Directors 2. Appointment Of Auditors 3. Question Period 4. Issue Of New Debenture Certificates
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Joan at 250-635-0998 or Sandy 250-635-4716.
JANUARY 15 – Deadline for entry into the Pacific Northwest Music Festival. The 2016 syllabus is available online for free. Please submit two copies of each entry along with your entry fee. Postmark your entries before Jan. 15, 2016. Entries received after this date will not be accepted. A hardcopy of the syllabus and entry forms are also available at Sight and Sound. The music festival is from April 14 to April 30.
MILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Auxiliary Thrift Shop will not be accepting clothing donations from the community until January 25 due to fire and safety regulations. Donations should not be left at the back door due to inclement weather and will be subject to ruin. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this situation. We would like to take this opportunity to thank and wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our donators and customers.
HELPING HANDS OF Terrace, a non-profit organization, recycles cans, bottles and scrap metal with proceeds going to help seniors, cancer patients and children get medications or assistance they can’t access or afford. Individuals and businesses who would like to be involved are asked to call 778-634-3844. Cash donations can also be made at the Northern Savings Credit Union.
JANUARY 16 – Terrace Chapter Council of Canadians meets at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at UNBC room 103. For more details, contact Bruce at 250-641-0732 or bbidgood@telus.net.
PSAS STORYTIME AT THE Terrace Public Library: Classes begin the week of Jan. 17 and run for six weeks. “Babytime” (birth-12 months), Tues 1-1:30; “Toddler 2’s” (13 months-2+ yrs), Tues 10-10:45; and “Preschool Storytime” (35yrs), Wed 10-11. Register at the front desk or by calling the library at 250-638-8177. These classes include rhymes, games, books and puppets to engage little people in fun early literacy teachings. Have your grown up register you today! SNOW ANGELS ARE back! And more are needed! Are you looking for a very gratifying community volunteer opportunity? If you are not afraid of the cold and would enjoy some morning exercise this winter, this is a great opportunity for you! We welcome families, students and businesses alike! The Snow Angels Program is part of the Helping Handyman Program – we need volunteers to faithfully shovel a safe path to the street throughout the winter season. This service is available to seniors 65 years and older and persons with physical disabilities. For more information, contact 250-638-1330 or on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ volunteer.terrace THE TERRACE CHURCHES’ Food Bank will be continue to distribute food from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. from January 13-14 in the Dairy Queen basement. If your last name begins with the letters Q to Z come on Wednesday. Anyone missed can come on Thursday. Please bring identification for yourself and your dependants, who must be living at your address. ID must show picture on it, preferably BC Care Card, driver’s licence, BCID, birth certificate, status card. You will need proof of address with current street address on it, such as rent receipt, hydro, gas or utility bill, phone or cable bill. UP TO $2,500 in grant funding available to nonprofits in the Terrace area. Deadline to apply is January 29. Please visit website for more
FIELD OF FAITH Foundation Homeless Outreach provides coffee and sandwiches from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at George Little Park. Everyone welcome. Donations appreciated. Coats, boots, hats, gloves, socks, new underwear, toiletries for adults and children. For more, call Dan at 250-641-3665. TERRACE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Strategy (TYES) is an informal youth hangout spot at 3219 Eby St. Free Wi-Fi, computers and video games. Soup served at 1 p.m. Monday to Friday. Coffee/juice and muffins all day. Not in school? No home to go back to? Stop by and rest a while! Put on by TDCSS. THE HOMELESS OUTREACH Program and the Living Room Project provide services at the Old Carpenters Hall on the corner of Davis Ave. and Sparks St. Open Mon. to Thurs. 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Fri. until 2 p.m. ROYAL PURPLE WELCOMES new members. For more details, call Sharon 635-6955. KIMMUNITY ANGELS SOCIETY works to promote quality of life for seriously ill individuals and their families by providing financial assistance for medical treatment, medical expenses and equipment or supplies. All funds raised stay within our community. Get involved by volunteering at fundraisers, challenging family, friends and businesses to get involved or meet or exceed your donation, raising funds and spreading the word about us. For more, contact give@kimmunityangelssociety.ca. THE RED CROSS Health Equipment Loan Program urgently needs volunteers. The program loans equipment at no charge to those who need it. If you can spare two or more hours per month, please contact Norma at the Terrace Red Cross at 4450 Greig Ave., 250-631-4177. Office hours are Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. THE TERRACE CHAPTER of TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets once a week in the cafeteria in the basement of Mills Memorial Hospital. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m., meeting at 7:15 p.m. For more information about this, call
A PEER SUPPORT group for people living with a brain disorder meets from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday at the Terrace Public Library meeting room. Also meet us for a coffee at Cafenara on Friday nights at 7 p.m. For more details, call Ken or Sheila at 631-4176. CRISIS PREVENTION, INTERVENTION and Information Centre for Northern BC has a 24-hour crisis line 1-888-562-1214. Free. Confidential. No call display. VKERMODE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY’S Father’s Group would like to invite past, present and new participants to attend the weekly group meetings every Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the society satellite office (3242 Kalum St.). For more details, call 250-635-1476. HEALING TOUCH COMMUNITY Clinics continue to be offered by appointment. Call Julie for more details 250-849-5554. Donations accepted. HAS YOUR LIFE been affected by someone else’s drinking? Al-Anon can help. Meetings are Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Mills Memorial Hospital education room. For more information, call 250-635-7033. TERRACE TOASTMASTERS MEETS the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in Room #404 of the Terrace Pentecostal Assembly with meetings beginning at 7 p.m. If you’d like to build self-confidence and improve your leadership and communication skills in a fun and interactive setting with like-minded individuals, consider joining Toastmasters For more information, please call Sharon 250-6414197, Janine at 250-615-8187 or find us online at www.terracetoastmasters.com. THE TERRACE ART Gallery board of directors meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the gallery. Call 638-8884 for details. TERRACE PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Terrace Art Gallery. Want to enjoy photography more? Open the aperture of your mind and come and see us. Two field trips a month and much more. Contact information thru our website northernlensescameraclub.ca.
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Look Who’s Dropped In! Baby’s Name: Jedi Phillip Angelo Wells Date & Time of Birth: January 2, 2016 @ 6:26 pm Weight: 8 lbs. 14 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Phyllis Wells & Justin Squires “New brother for Jared & Jade”
“New brother for Marshall” Baby’s Name: Jana Joy Dasilva Date & Time of Birth: December 6, 2015 @ 10:33pm Weight: 8 lbs. 9 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Judy & Brian Dasilva “New sister for Peyton”
Baby’s Name: Felicity Hailey-Beth Ousey Date & Time of Birth: December 20, 2015 @ 3:51 am Weight: 8 lbs. Sex: Female Parents: Lavender Morgan & Dakota Edgar-Ousey “New sister for Annabelle”
Baby’s Name: Davis Dean Douglas Morgan Date & Time of Birth: November 30, 2015 @ 11:02pm Weight: 8 lbs. 11 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Nadine & Jordan Morgan “New brother for Matteo”
Baby’s Name: Blake Reginald McIsaac Date & Time of Birth: December 8, 2015 @ 6:50pm Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz. Sex: Male Parents: Rebecca Pelletier & Todd McIsaac
Baby’s Name: Mia Avaline Madeline Mills Date & Time of Birth: November 27, 2015 @ 10:55pm Weight: 8 lbs. 12 oz. Sex: Female Parents: Jocelyn Mills “New sister for Dominic, Benjamin, David & Nelson”
Congratulates the parents on the new additions to their families.
NEWS
Terrace Standard Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Searchers buy underwater device TERRACE SEARCH and Rescue (SAR) welcomed its new underwater device that can help members look around bodies of water down to depths of 300m (1,000 ft). Four SAR team members recently participated in a two-day training session at Seamor Marine Ltd. in Nanaimo, B.C. before taking possession of the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Seamor Marine has a well-earned reputation as the progressive designer and manufacturer of the subsea Seamor family of Observation/ Inspection-class Remotely Operated Vehicles, and related modular accessories and devices. The four Seamor trained members now train other SAR members how to operate the ROV. Pool training sessions allow team members to become familiar with the controls, setup and take down of the system. During a pool ses-
sion in Terrace, team members navigated the ROV through an obstacle course and manipulated the gripper to pick up items off the pool bottom. It is equipped with a high resolution colour zoom camera, lights that tilt with the camera, a rear looking camera, gripper and/or cutter. The complete system is transported in four pelican watertight boxes. The complete cost of the unit plus the onboard SONAR was $82,352. The Terrace Rotary Club donated $10,000 towards the SONAR. Trans Canada donated $15,000 towards the ROV; the remaining $57,352 was contributed by Terrace SAR. Seamor Marine also gave the team a 10 per cent discount, which was greatly appreciated. The Terrace SAR funds represented years of savings for the nonprofit team. The team has one final goal to complete their underwater search
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Thinking about operating your own registered or licensed family daycare? Want to learn more about caring for children?
Family Child Care/ Responsible Adult Course Dates: January 28 – March 17 Time: Thursday evenings 6:30 - 9:00 pm Cost: $20.00 Place: The Family Place, 4553 Park Ave, Terrace REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, January 22, 2016
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TERRACE SAR members with the new underwater remote operated vehicle at Lakelse Lake. and rescue program: it needs to purchase a tow fish type SONAR which is required to search large areas underwater. The tow fish will also be able to search depths further than the team’s current ability of 150 feet. The towfish can search depths greater than 300 feet.
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The members hope to raise the funds before summer so they can continue search efforts in B.C. A tow fish
type SONAR cost between $20,000-40,000 depending on which model the team chooses to purchase.
Successful completion of this course meets the basic educational requirement for Registered Licence-not-required, family child care, school-age child care, and substituting in some child care programs. Optional additional sessions will prepare participants for running their own family child care. Call 250-638-1113 for more information.
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• 4553 Park Ave Terrace V8G 1V3 • • NWCC Campus Kitimat • • ph 250-638-1113 • • ph 250-639-5757 • • Phone toll-free 1-888-638-1863 • skeena.ccrr@telus.net •
oast Mountains Board of Education School District 82
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES FOR KINDERGARTEN In preparation for the 2016-2017 school year, the Board of Education is seeking the cooperation of parents in registering their child on the following dates. Pre-registration is requested in order to provide the School District Administration the time to plan staffing to meet school needs.
SCHOOLS ARE OPEN TO TAKE REGISTRATION FOR KINDERGARTEN FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM BETWEEN JANUARY 11, 2016 AND MARCH 7, 2016
Notice is hereby given that BC Timber Sales’ proposed Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment #2, for the Coast Mountains Resource District, is available for review and comment. The Forest Stewardship Plan describes:
The School District will make every effort to place students who have registered by March 7, 2016 in their catchment area school. Students registering after March 7, 2016 may not be granted a place in their catchment area school.
1. The planned areas of interest (known as Forest Development Units or FDUs) that will contain harvesting and road activities.
To be eligible for entry to school in September 2016 students must be five years of age on or before December 31, 2016. A birth certificate, proof of immunization and a BC Care Card will be required at the time of registration.
2. Strategies and results for each FDU that are consistent with applicable legislation and objectives set by government. The objectives are described in the Forest and Range Practices Act and its associated regulations. The Plan will be for a five-year term and applies to operations within the Coast Mountains Resource District including areas in: • • • • •
the Cascadia Timber Supply Area and Tree Farm Licence 1 the Kalum Timber Supply Area the Nass Timber Supply Area the North Coast Timber Supply Area the Pacific Timber Supply Area and Tree Farm Licence 41
The Forest Stewardship Plan will be available for public review and comment from December 16, 2015 to February 13, 2016 during regular business hours at the following locations: BC Timber Sales Office, #200-5220 Keith Avenue, Terrace, B.C. Terrace Public Library, 4610 Park Avenue, Terrace, B.C. Prince Rupert Library, 101-6th Avenue West, Prince Rupert, B.C. The proposed Forest Stewardship Plan is also available on-line: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/BCTS/areas/TSK/FSP-CMRD-Ext-No2.htm Please forward any comments, concerns or questions in writing, by February 13, 2016 to: Gail Campbell R.P.F., Planning Forester, BC Timber Sales, #200-5220 Keith Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1L1 E-mail: Gail.Campbell@gov.bc.ca Ph.: 250-638-5151 Fax: 250-638-5176
To register for Kindergarten classes, please register your child at your neighbourhood primary/elementary school. TERRACE/THORNHILL Cassie Hall Elementary Ecole Mountainview* Suwilaawks Community School Thornhill Primary Uplands Elementary
Principal, Principal, Principal, Principal, Principal,
KITIMAT Kildala Elementary* Nechako Elementary
Principal, Ms. J. Hittel Principal, Mr. D. Mills
Phone: 250-632-6194 Phone: 250-632-2912
HAZELTON/KITWANGA Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary* New Hazelton Elementary Kitwanga Elementary
Principal, Ms. C. Sousa Principal, Ms. A. Campbell Principal, Ms. J. Wells
Phone: 250-842-5313 Phone: 250-842-5777 Phone: 250-849-5484
STEWART Bear Valley School
Principal, Mr. A. Calhoun
Phone: 250-636-2238
Mr. S. Wallace Ms. M. Champion Ms. P. Kawinsky Ms. D. Bragg-Hounsell Ms. J. Nieckarz
Phone: Phone: Phone: Phone: Phone:
250-635-5646 250-635-3115 250-638-0306 250-635-7066 250-635-2721
If you wish information on school boundaries, please contact any of the principals listed above.
FRENCH IMMERSION KINDERGARTEN AND GRADE ONE • • •
A student does not have to be of French origin to enrol in French Immersion. Registration for French Immersion Kindergarten and Grade One takes place at schools indicated with an *. Registration for French Immersion Grade One is for students presently attending Kindergarten in English, who would like to begin in the French Immersion Program.
3211 Kenney Street, Terrace, B.C. V8G 3E9 Tel. (250) 635-4931 or 1-855-635-4931 local 4401 . Fax 1-888-290-4786 . www.cmsd.bc.ca
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November 12, 1956 - January 15, 2014 Time does not heal the heartache, or stop a silent tear Nor take away the longing, of one we loved so dear. We think of you everyday and talk about you too. We have such precious memories but wish we still had you. They say it’s a beautiful journey from the old world to the new, Someday we’ll make that journey which will lead us straight to you. And when we reach that garden in which there is no pain We’ll put our arms around you, and never part again. Ed, you are forever loved and missed until we meet again. xxoo Michelle, Ryan, Brandy, Kaiden, Carson, Jason, Ben and Tianna
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Established in 1900, E.B. Horsman & Son is the only independently owned and operated electrical wholesaler in BC. We currently have openings in our Terrace Branch for:
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If you are reliable, quality driven and looking to work for a company with growth opportunities this job is for you! Shipping/receiving and forklift experience is a strong asset.
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Progressive Ventures Construction of Terrace, BC is looking for an ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞĚ WƌŽũĞĐƚ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƉŽƐƐĞƐƐĞƐ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ǁŽƌŬ ĞƚŚŝĐ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ experienced Project Manager who possesses a strong work ethic and ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ Ăůů ƚLJƉĞƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŝŽŶ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ͘ dŚĞ has experience estimating and managing all types of construction ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚĂďůĞ ĨŽƌ projects. ĞƐƚŝŵĂƚŝŶŐ͕ ďŝĚĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ĚĞůŝǀĞƌLJ ŽĨ ĂƐƐŝŐŶĞĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͕ ŽŶ ƐĐŚĞĚƵůĞ͕ ŝŶ ĂĐĐŽƌĚĂŶĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůŝĞŶƚ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ The successful candidate will: ƉůĂŶƐ •ĂŶĚ džƉĞĐƚĂƚŝŽŶ estimating ŝƐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝůů comŽǀĞƌƐĞĞ HaveƐƉĞĐŝĨŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ͘ extensive experience andŵĂŶĂŐĞƌ managing ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ƵƉ ƚŽ ΨϭϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞĨĨĞĐƚŝǀĞ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ mercial, industrial, and residential building construction ǁŚŝůĞ ŵĂŶĂŐŝŶŐ Ăůů ƐƵďͲƚƌĂĚĞƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĞƐ͘ projects;
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Thornhill Motors is looking for an Accounting Clerk
Applicant must possess knowledge of: • Accounts payables and receivables • Bank remittances • Payroll and general bookkeeping duties • Minimum of two years of related work experience. Email resume to General Manager, Mark DeJong at mdejong@thornhillmotors.com 3026 Hwy 16 East, Terrace
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• Be competent managing multiple projects at the same time;
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We are currently recruiting for Clean Up Crew Members in our Sawmill and Planer. If you have worked in an industrial setting in the past, this would be an asset. These are entry level positions, with room to advance into future posted positions within our operation. Assets: • Level 3 First Aid • COFI Grading Ticket would also be an asset. Please drop off your resume to: 5330 Hwy 16 West Terrace B.C.
Bayshore Home Health is hiring for full time hours in Terrace, BC. If you are personable; energetic; positive; possess out-standing work ethic; a passion for superior client service, and a reliable vehicle / driver licence. Two positions available. Join the BC Interior. Competitive hourly wage and beneďŹ ts. Forward your resume c/w two references to: caringpeoplework@ bayshore.ca Or fax: 250-717-7538 Only those shortlisted will be contacted.
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The Terrace Standard has a position open for a junior sales consultant. The ideal candidate must be motivated and be able to work within a team environment in a fast-paced setting where meeting deadlines is important. A car is necessary and previous sales experience is an asset and we offer a comprehensive benefits package. Please forward resume and cover letter to: Rod Link, Publisher, The Terrace Standard, 3210 Clinton St., Terrace B.C. V8G 5R2 Email: jobs@terracestandard.com
Business/OfďŹ ce Service HAVE YOU been denied Canada Pension Plan disability benefits? The Disability Claims Advocacy Clinic can help you appeal. Call 1-877-793-3222 or visit www.dcac.ca info@dcac.ca
FULL-TIME & PART-TIME
CUSTODIAN We are looking for hardworking individuals who will be responsible for maintaining a healthy, safe and sanitary conditions in an efďŹ cient manner within established guidelines. All employees of Chances Terrace required to complete a criminal record check.
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Professional installation of all types of flooring • 40 years experience • Friendly service • Free Estimates Call Barry 250-631-7660
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Tasty pasture raised in New Hazelton, chemical free, high omega3s whole or half cut, wrapped and frozen. Well priced! Delivery possible Call: 1-250-842-6031
TO Lease 2,128 Square feet of Prime Commercial Space at 4641 Lazelle Ave, down town Terrace. Email: sherryanderson@telus.net or call 250-6355988 (day) or 250-638-0303 (evenings) for further information.
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Now taking applications for 1, 2, & 3 bdrm. suites If you’re looking for clean, quiet living in Terrace and have good references. Please Call: 250-638-0799
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Join the Chances family today! If you’re looking for an exciting work environment in a ďŹ rst-class facility, Chances Terrace is the place for you. Chances offers excellent career opportunities and competitive wages. Be part of a team that delivers exceptional gaming entertainment in a fun, social setting.
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TAX FREE MONEY is available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca
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Misc. Wanted BUYER & COLLECTOR is now buying entire/part Estates, Collections. Old, unusual and rare items, etc. Call 778-634-3413 ask for Bob or Jenny or leave message FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-86-9600045. www.dollars4guns.com
• Quiet & Clean • No Pets • Close to Wal-Mart • Laundry Facilities • Close to Schools & Hospital • On Bus Route • Security Entrance • On site Caretaker • Basketball, Volleyball & Racquetball Courts • 24hr Video Surveillance Ask for Monica Warner
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2 bdrm. side x side duplex. Quiet area, 4 appl. and lrg. storage shed. N/S, No pets. Avail. imm. $1000/mo. + util. Call: 250 635-2556.
Townhouse for sale #10 Kenney Estates, Terrace, BC. 1285 sq/ft, 3 bdrm, 2-1/2 bath, full bsmt partially finished. New hardwood floors, lino and freshly painted. Private back yard. Ready for immediate occupancy. 55 plus complex $325,000. Call 250-635-6992, 250-615-2153.
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2 BDRM, 1 bath, balcony. Top floor, southerly view. New carpets & paint. Walking distance to hospital & Walmart, laundry in building, secure entrance, N/S, N/P, $900/mo neg. Refs req’d. Avail. imm. Call Kelly 250-798-2535
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Modular Homes No.10 Thornhill Park recently reno’d, 2 bdrm, lg. entry edit shed, 4 appl, laminate floors $1050/mo. Avail. Feb. 01st Phone Rob 250-635-5652
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Sunny slopes boost Shames recovery By JACKIE LIEUWEN BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, lots of sparkling powder and earlier opening boosted Shames Mountain revenue to catch up after a slow pre-season. “Things on the mountain were fantastic over the holidays,” said Christian Théberge, general manager of My Mountain Co-op, the non-profit which runs Shames. “With the inversion we had, it was warmer up on the mountain than in town 5-10 degrees at times. It was sunny with no wind, [and] full parking lots,” he said. Despite the activity, the holidays did not put the ski hill ahead economically, rather it caught them up after a slow pre-season, down $100,000 or 10 per cent of the usual revenue. The ski hill typically generates one third of its annual income in the pre-season through corporate and season passes, ticket books, and gift certificates. “I think a lot of people that did not buy passes because of last season’s conditions and this summer’s El Nino and no-snow forecasts, decided to buy passes when they saw the winter starting, so good,” said Théberge. “We’re just caught up to where we should be.” Due to earlier snowfall, Shames Mountain was able to open 10 days earlier than last sea-
son, and had five more operating days. New Year’s Day, with free passes and admission via food donations, drew up to 600 people and generated two truck loads of non-perishables to re-stock the food bank’s shelves following Christmas. Shames’ slopes boast about 1.5 metres of snow at mid-mountain, and cold temperatures are keeping the snow at that level, despite clear skies and sunshine. The renovated kitchen is also a huge success, cutting wait times by more than half, increasing production and improving conditions for kitchen staff, who now have space to prepare food during the day, cutting down their long work days by two to six hours. “I would have never thought it would have worked out this well…Huge thanks to everybody involved,” said Théberge. The new seats on the chair lift also boost comfort for those on the hill, and people are very appreciative, he said. “We’re no longer worrying about major things that have to be fixed, we’re now turning our attention to details, which is beautiful,” he said. “I don’t know how this could have happened without the help of all the volunteers.”
Mini Rippers Races at the Bunny Hill on Jan. 3-4 drew out 53 young skiers and two snowboarders, 31 on Sat. and 22 Sun. “It was a beautiful weekend for racing,” said Angie Healey, board member of Shames Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club. “The warmer inversion temperatures were perfect for the young competitors.” Results as follows: Saturday: Boys 7-10: 1st Cooper Magnusson, 2nd Luke McGee, 3rd Ryan Magnusson. Girls 7-10: 1st Farah Defritas (also 1st overall with 11.24 sec), 2nd Oasis Cleaveland, 3rd Emily Kenny. Boys 6 & under: 1st Dominic Puglas, 2nd John MacCormac. Girls 6 and under: 1st Zyah Healey, 2nd Kaylee McCormick, 3rd Eliza Skimson. Snowboard: Jordan Talstra. Sunday: Boys 7-10: 1st Brome Hansen (also 1st overall with 11.44 sec), 2nd Wade Stewart. Girls 7-10 Hanna Schibli (2nd overall with 11.49 sec), 2nd Alexis Talstra, 3rd Danielle Weary. Boys 6 & under: 1st Callum Stewart, 2nd Macgregor Cambright, 3rd Graeme Weary. Girls 6 & under: 1st Ava Geier, 2nd Zyah Healey, 3rd Kaylee McCormick. Snowboard: Alexis Talstra.
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Club gliding towards record membership By JACKIE LIEUWEN PEOPLE FLOCKED to the Onion Lake cross country ski trails over the holidays, and the club is predicting record membership, with more than 60 new regular members and jackrabbits already boasting a new record. “We’ve probably had the best Christmas we’ve had since anyone can really remember,” said Dan McElheron, president of the Snow Valley Nordic Ski Club. “The amount of traffic we’ve had out there is just incredible.” McElheron said the club took in $1,900 in just one day, on the stat holiday Dec. 28, with people buying season and day passes, books of 10, renting gear or signing up children for jackrabbits. “That is phenomenal for us,” he said. “We’ve fallen on some good times economically which is good, because we re-invest everything right back into the club.” The Onion Lake trails were busy again on Jan. 3 for the free open house, when the glistening trails drew more than 250 skiers, jamming the parking lot with more than 100 vehicles, McElheron said.
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MIRIAM HOFFARTH was among the skiers at the Onion Lake trails during the busy open house Jan. 3. Already this year, the club has 320 members, which is 30 per cent more than this time last winter and the same amount they had at the end of the season last year. “Lots more passes should be sold… 360 [members] is our record for the club and we may actually beat that this year,” McElheron said.
Cathy Vandenberg, membership coordinator, said 65 of the new members are brand new, and the club is still expecting more members to sign up in the next few weeks, including some regulars and people taking advantage of the late season rate. Vandenberg said beautiful weather like we have had recently
causes people to talk about the club and bring friends more. “The ski conditions have been extremely good this year... and there has been lots of hype about the new grooming machine,” she said. New member Noah Timmins, 29, just moved to the area and said the trails and facilities here blew him away: the length and variety of trails, night skiing, and quality trails good for classic and skate skiers. “And it’s just a very scenic area. You ski by lakes, you’ve got mountain views, a nice lodge… and everyone is so friendly and welcoming.” McElheron says he believes the growth is largely due to the buzz around the new groomer and the recent article published in The Terrace Standard and The Northern Connector. “I attribute the buzz and the excitement to that article because I was [at the trails Jan. 3] hearing people say ‘I can’t believe I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve never been up here.’ Obviously the article really increased the awareness,” McElheron said. “And it’s the weather too. Shames is having
a really good run of it too.” Snow is also a huge factor, because “when the snow is out, the people that love snow want to play in it,” he said, whether it is cross country or downhill skiing, snowboarding, ice skating or snowmobiling. Jackrabbits set a new record this year with more than 60 children and youths signed up by last Friday, topping the 54-skier record set last year. Vandenberg says the program has grown every year since 2009 when there were 34 in 2009. The cross country trails have a strong one-foot base, about 2-2.5 feet of snow packed tightly. “It is great. We were in good shape by about [Dec. 20]… The machine arrived, and two days later enough snow arrived,” said McElheron. “We could use another two or three feet in the next month, that would put us in really good shape…Usually February is the month of snow up there, so hopefully the best is yet to come, but it’s weather so you never know.” Coming up is the Snow Valley Open Race Jan. 16 and the Women’s Ski Fest Jan. 31, for women of all ages and abilities.
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Acro teaches skills, life lessons Nine-year-old Ava Allen, another student in the class, agreed, STUDENTS LEARN flips, cartsaying she likes how he leads them wheels, handstands and splits in a step by step and tells them things rapidly growing acro program at very clearly. Terrace Peaks Gymnastics Club. Payton Prevost said she wants For some, it is the fun of these to learn walkovers and the front skills that draws them, for others, handspring, and has already masdeveloping these skills is a launchtered the cartwheel and handstand. ing pad to strengthen their compet“I think [McPherson] is pretty itive dancing or skating. good, he’s helpful,” she said. “He The program did not run last is very specific and helps us look January (2015) but it was revived at things properly. It’s really fun.” in June 2015 when program coorMcPherson said that every studinator Karl McPherson was hired. dent’s body type is different, and He says that acro is the first movements and stances have to be program at the club to fill up. They modified to fit the student, with started it last spring once a week taller students placing their hands and it has expanded into three differently on a handstand than the classes a week – two beginner and shorter students. one advanced – plus an adult dropHe tries to demonstrate that to in class every week. students as well, pairing them up Acro is about learning the founintentionally so they can see how dational gymnastics skills, but moves differ for different body JACKIE LIEUWEN PHOTO McPherson also teaches his stutypes. It is just one more life lesdents many life skills through the KAI JANZEN, Payton Prevost, Ava Allen build gymnastic skills. son that students learn through the sport. class. His classes begin with a physiEach class also includes a warm themselves to develop more – which are good cal assessment and then he asks up and fitness component, partly his students why they are taking the class and life lessons. to get students fit to do acro, but also to show McPherson says it is much better to take students that they can stay healthy through a what they want to get out of it. He uses the goals of the students to frame the timetable, to help small steps rather than jump right to the skills variety of activities, not just the typical gym students develop physically and work towards students want to do but are usually not ready workouts. for, which will get them discouraged. their goals and achieve the best results. “We want them to be active for life,” said “I just don’t want them to believe that they McPherson. A 10 or 15 week program, classes start with warm up, include a fitness component, and then are not able to do this,” he said. “It’s ‘no, you go into the mechanics and technique of differ- can’t do this right now, but physically you’re not there, so this is what we have to do to get ent gymnastics skills. McPherson says he is up front and realistic you there… It’s not going to happen now, but if with students, listening when they say “I can’t,” you work towards it, it could happen.’” McPherson said students do not always acbut encouraging them not to give up. “If you’re here for a back handspring, but cept his time frames right away, but as they do you’re really not flexible or strong enough to be the exercises and moves in the class, they grow SENIOR BOYS Kermodes competed in a able to do that, then it’s going to take us about in self-awareness and come to understand and tournament in Vancouver and Maple Ridge eight to 10 weeks before we can do that,” he respect what he says. Dec. 16-19, winning three of four games. Terrace’s Alexis Cooper said she took acro tells them. They beat the Prince of Wales (Vancou“The more realistic you are with their expec- because she wanted to be more flexible and do ver) 89-52, Samuel Robertson Technical tations… the more they appreciate the results back walkovers and splits. So far she has already School 56-44, and Maple Ridge 60-46. learned to do proper cartwheels and handstands they are getting,” he said. They lost in the semi-final game 48-60 to The classes include small, realistic and tan- – moves she always saw as scary and hard. Enver Creek, a AAA school from Surrey who “He breaks it down in steps,” Cooper said of gible goals to help students recognize their went on to win the tournament. progress and stay motivated to keep pushing McPherson and his coaching. By JACKIE LIEUWEN
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nother page is flipped on the relentless calendar. It is 2016. This means that I’ve lived in the Skeena Valley for 38 years, and despite advice from many people including my daughter Cait last winter, I’ve never ridden the rails. This is odd because the railway has been an important presence throughout my life. My Opa actually worked for the Dutch Railway (Spoorwegen as the Dutch call them), for a long time before and during the Second World War. As a consequence, the Garretsen family rode all over their tiny country for free and often. When we moved into our new home in the wilds of North Burnaby in the spring of 1959 the tracks that carried the thenlengthy passenger liners and the freight trains that were far shorter than those of today, was less than a mile distant. The tracks wound through the swamps, crossing the creeks that fed Still Creek, skirted Burnaby Lake, crossed the Brunette River, then led east past New Westminster along the shores of the Fraser. The Trans Canada Highway was a future project then, and the traffic on the Lougheed Highway was a trickle compared to what it is today. The blast of the trains’ horns as they approached the crossings at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue were the dominant sounds at night.
For scrubby urchins sulphur, coal, oil, and like us, the horn of the chemicals to the refinerdiesels was a siren call. ies and other industrial Though we were wisely enterprises that lined warned of the danger the Burrard Inlet from of lolly-gagging on the Vancouver to the port at railway, we spent many Coquitlam. days of those seemingly When we made our endless summer holifirst exploratory trips to days using the tracks the inlet on bike and then as trails to access to on foot after stashing wilderness adventures our bikes in the woods, like frog hunts, raft the foreshore was lined trips, and futile forays with the shacks of squatSKEENA ANGLER with bows and arrows ters perched on barnaor sling shots after ringcle-encrusted rocks to ROB BROWN necked pheasants or keep them above the mallards. highest tides. The inhabIt wasn’t long before itants, families in some we discovered that there cases but mostly miswere even more alluring anthropes, crossed the tracks a couple of miles in the opposite di- tracks and took the same trail we used to rection. reach the stores at the foot of Capitol Hill The tracks at the foot of that trail began or the small settlement at Lochdale to purin the train yards near the Vancouver long chase groceries and other supplies. They shore and carried trains that came from the fascinated us. We speculated on how they North Shore and other destinations even acquired enough money for those essenfarther north across the lift bridge span- tials, and we wondered if they subsisted on ning the turbulent waters of the Second fish and crabs and shellfish, and if fish was Narrows. a mainstay in their diets, what they used These steel rails belonged to the Cana- for bait. dian Pacific. They were long, slow freightWe might have asked them, of course, ers that took all kinds of materials, yellow but we didn’t, having been persistently
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Bluebacks splash THE TERRACE Aquatic Centre hosted the McCarthy GM Holiday Invitational Swim Meet on Dec. 11-13, with 105 swimmers from Smithers to Kitimat. With the largest team since 2004, Terrace Bluebacks earned 613 points over the weekend, their highest in over seven years. Mackenzie Bannister won gold (with 44 pts) and Renzo Zanardo won silver (with 41). Top points also went to Kenlee Plunkard, 32, and Juliet Lukasser, 30. Others also made their splash, with results as follows: First in individual events: Mackenzie Bannister, 100IM, 50Fr, 50 Br, 50 Bk, 100 Br Renzo Zanardo: 50 Fr, 100 Fly, 50 Fly, 400 IM Brooklyn Simms: 25 Bk Kenlee Plunkard: 50 Fly Sidney Penner: 25 Fr Chloe Meek: 50 Br Juliet Lukasser: 200 IM Bella Lang: 200 Br Damian Knox: 25 Fr Jake Kluss: 200 Bk Braden Clunas: 50 FrK Caelyn Christensen: 400IM Avery Back: 50 Fly First relays teams: 10 & under girls 4 x 50 Free: Emma K, Grace, Kenlee, Chloe 12 & under girls 4 x 50 Free : Juliet, Bella, Avery, Mackenzie 10 & under girls 4 x 50 Medley: Grace, Emma K, Chloe, Kenlee 12 & under girls 4 x 50 Medley: Juliet, Bella, Mackenzie, Avery Time standards in ‘A’: Caelyn Christensen: 200 Br Jake Kluss: 200 Bk Bella Lang: 200 IM Juliet Lukasser: 200 Bk, 200 Br, 50 Fly Renzo Zanardo: 200 Bk, 200 IM, 400 IM
warned by our parents to avoid strangers. Eventually the Canadian Pacific posted signs declaring the tracks off limits. We ignored them, but the cops of the CN enforced the newly created law with zeal when it came to the squatters who were evicted. Eventually their shacks were burned or torn down. All that remained of their evanescent tenure were the pilings upon which their homes once stood. There were still a couple of sturdy docks and less dependable log booms. The former were wonderful structures for fish recruitment and for swallows to nest. From them we caught flounder, bullheads, sea bass, shiners, rock and tommy cod, and crabs in abundance. If our parents had known the perils we subjected ourselves to as we clambered over piers and scampered across log booms and rail way tracks, they would have been shocked and angry. The unique smells and sounds of trains, the melancholy blasts of the horns, the rhythmic rattle of wheels of steel, kindle fond remembrances of those boyhood adventures for me to this day. We should take the train to Smithers for New Years, I suggested to Karen. We could ask Bob and Gail if they’ll put us up. The next day, Karen said Gail was excited at the prospect, and that she’d booked two tickets on-line. Next week, a trip by train…
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